Pre/Seed VC 🧬🤖⚙️ @2048vc | Pitch me http://2048.vc/pitch-alex | Coach @HarvardHBS | Blog http://startuphacks.vc | Systems Thinkerhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3leyw6povkk2nReally enjoying The Brain Energy book 📕 The message that all mental disorders have common roots and are all step from metabolic disorders of brain 🧠 deeply resonates. a.co/d/0xN0x99 https://a.co/d/0xN0x9905 Jan 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3leyw6povkk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3ler4et6o4s25New Blog Post via startuphacks.vc: Understanding Startup Board Control https://www.startuphacks.vc/blog/understanding-startup-board-control @2048vc // #startuphacks // #startupboards https://startuphacks.vc02 Jan 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ler4et6o4s25https://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3le7mhw6nkk2tContent is what’s called in Economics a stable equilibrium. That’s why Immigration is an essential force that propels America forward.26 Dec 2024 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3le7mhw6nkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3le53nfa6dc2tThinking how people stare at you intently to detect if you are lying. A lot VCs do this. While this works, a much better way is to be friendly and relax the person you are analyzing. You want to understand how people are when they are natural.25 Dec 2024 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3le53nfa6dc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3le3vhh3vek2pJust finished the latest Murakami book - The City and Its Uncertain Walls. A masterpiece. He really should win Nobel prize for his works. a.co/d/0I1CO2K https://a.co/d/0I1CO2K25 Dec 2024 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3le3vhh3vek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3ldvbs4fuxs2sToday is my book 📕 planning day. Going to review a ton of best of and other lists to build my list to consume over the holidays and into 2025. The explorer in me never rests but my job doesn’t afford a ton of time to read new books, so holidays is the time to catch up!22 Dec 2024 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldvbs4fuxs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3ldlmqu7bp226Some of the best founders I know has the most sever case of happy ears. They just want to bend reality their way but reality has its own way too. Use reflective listening to make sure you are headed in the right direction and not wasting time.18 Dec 2024 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlmqu7bp226https://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3ldgt7piums2iA few days in Zurich and Lucerne16 Dec 2024 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgt7piums2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lcza5evx7s2vJust jaywalked in Zurich and the look 👀 of pure horror in the eyes of the person standing across the street from me.11 Dec 2024 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcza5evx7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lco2mqtxe22aA few days in Milan06 Dec 2024 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lco2mqtxe22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lchtyelcp22yNothing ever makes me feel the way Murakami books make me feel. His latest City and its Uncertain Walls is another masterpiece.04 Dec 2024 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchtyelcp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lcfu7zke2c2hWhat near term future technology inevitabilities do you believe in?03 Dec 2024 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfu7zke2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lcfrynyrkk2hTo every VC out there who thinks they are better than founders, who don’t treat founders well - you are badly mistaken. We only exist because of founders. We aren’t all that special. Founders are.03 Dec 2024 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfrynyrkk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lcaqgsvyb22gBest book 📕 you read in 2024 ? 👇01 Dec 2024 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaqgsvyb22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lc6o5nm2zk2gExcited for this!30 Nov 2024 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6o5nm2zk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lc67ranmzs2rWhen are we going to get intelligent skip to next chapter / topic in podcasts / podcast apps and video / video players? The books have simplest thing we can do - go to next chapter. With all the tech we have why can’t I do this with podcasts and video?!30 Nov 2024 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc67ranmzs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lc4wd6zwl22rWhats the best thing you got this black friday?30 Nov 2024 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4wd6zwl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbznkwlp6c2cDo yourself a favor and watch Emila Perez on Netflix. It will blow your mind.28 Nov 2024 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbznkwlp6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbz475m32c2cHappy Thanksgiving 🍁 everyone! Grateful to be here. To have the opportunity to connect and learn. Grateful for you all. Grateful to be not (yet) AI generated.28 Nov 2024 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbz475m32c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbib6uvzps2wOur thesis on Sensors https://www.2048.vc/blog/our-thesis-on-sensors21 Nov 2024 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbib6uvzps2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbeyxlpcrs2dI love meeting repeat founders who start again in the same space.20 Nov 2024 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbeyxlpcrs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbeus4dosk2dTetsuwan is building the future of bio lab automation. Stellar team, incredible vision. https://www.2048.vc/blog/our-investment-in-tetsuwan-scientific20 Nov 2024 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbeus4dosk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbcjezihc22gI am obsessed with people who are impossible to understand at 2x speed.19 Nov 2024 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcjezihc22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbbgtr56vs2gI now occasionally check Fox News - just - you know - to see what’s going on. This is a screenshot with an actual advertisement they are running. 🤔🤔🤔19 Nov 2024 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbgtr56vs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lbb7ud7aq22gI observe two dominant behaviors in business: - People who always do what they say they are going to do - People who never do what they say they are going to do. The middle is rare. 🤷19 Nov 2024 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbb7ud7aq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lb5bxqjnrk2pThe only thing that matters for moving onto to Blue Sky is community. Make it super easy to move followers and who you follow and you win. Make it hard or focus on other things and you won’t win.17 Nov 2024 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5bxqjnrk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alexiskold.bsky.social/post/3lb4hezjdhs2mEmilia Perez on Netflix is a must see. Absolutely incredible. g.co/kgs/zG6Yg9H https://g.co/kgs/zG6Yg9H17 Nov 2024 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:nk3mktdt75vbudyjpwdfvssn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb4hezjdhs2m